Minister for Housing and Transport Mohamed Aslam has announced the government will sign for the construction of 500 homes next month, after early agreements with an Indian contractor.
However the Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) claimed the government had promised to build 10,000 housing units across the Maldives before the end of 2009, including 900 flats in Hulhumale, and called for Aslam’s resignation over the delay.
Housing was one of the five key elements in the Maldivian Democratic Party’s election manifesto.
Secretary general of the DQP Abdulla Ameen accused the government of promising “wonderful dreams” it was unable to fulfil.
”It felt like he was going to build the [10,000] flats on spot,” Ameen said. “President Nasheed may build [a few] flats, but he is ignoring his pledge to build many more housing units.”
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing and Transport Ali Waheed said that the construction projects had slowed because the country’s financial condition.
“We cannot complete such big projects as soon as we close our eyes and open them,” he said, and noted that the minister “does not have to resign when [DQP president] Hassan Saeed says so.”
He reiterated that the government would fulfil its pledges within its term of power.
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